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[Off-topic] Deleted member 2758866:
With 2,499,000 that never post. There's still about 1,000 lol
[Off-topic] Purple Drama Llama:
Oh, there are posters outside of off-topic? :confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Off-topic] baric88:
I think I will do that my bday is the 9th of January someone get at me with a blowing out candle app before the 9th so i can blow out my candles an it willl get me modavated enough to develop somtin good for 011 lol ;}
[Off-topic] :
Just talking crap. Is that not the point of off topic?
[Off-topic] altae:
Candle blowing apps are for Iphone users
[Off-topic] husam666:
OK i don't get it whats wrong?

is xda closing?
[Off-topic] T.C.P:
no i think someone just discovered there is a world outside of off-topic :eek:
[Captivate General] Wannalikeandroid:
Hello;

My first post here. I am noob to Android and Captivate and XDA.

I played around with the captivate in the ATT store yesterday, and it seemed like the shutter lag on the camera was 2005 style. It just surprised me how long the lag was. I was truly impressed with the iphone's camera app which is super quick even by modern digital camera standards.

What are your experiences? Is there some other application that works better in the Android market? Does putting another ROM fix this issue?
[Captivate General] designgears:
You need to reset the settings, sounds like someone enabled some filters on it, its very fast for me, and I just went from and iPhone4 to the Captivate.
[Captivate General] Wannalikeandroid:
What about flash

Your experience with lack of flash?
[Captivate General] jbradt:
I also went from an iPhone 4 to the Captivate. I would agree with designgears on this one. Taking pictures is very fast on my phone.

Regarding the lack of flash - it's not really an issue for me. I guess it's a pretty subjective issue though. I felt as though the flash on the iPhone ruined the pictures. They looked awful if it was used. I was in a bar type setting last night, very dimly lit. I used the night mode on the Captivate camera and the pictures came out OK. I wish I didn't delete them or I would share. However, I have a digital point and shoot so I'm not too worried about picture quality on the phone. It works for taking quick shots. Very nice pictures if well lit, somewhat grainy/noisy otherwise and it worsens the darker it is obviously.
[Captivate General] Wannalikeandroid:
I tried the captivate again this afternoon and I agree now. The camera is really fast. I still feel iphone is quicker, but only barely. I think lag is not an issue on this phone.

I have the same feelings about an LED flash as well. Pictures tend to look faded. But it's useful in a pinch.

What made you guys switch from the iphone? Antenna?

It must have been the floor model Captivate at the ATT store that had a problem.
[Captivate General] designgears:
The iPhone4 single LED is a joke, the only thing it was good for was a flashlight.

Night mode works pretty well, if there is no light at all, then a flash would come in handy.
[Captivate General] jbradt:
Yes, I switched because of reception problems. It was sort of ironic that my call was dropped three different times when I called Apple to try and setup a return.
[Captivate General] daleaf:
How do you like the Captivate compared to the Iphone4? or any iphone?

Is the speed a big different between the two?
[Captivate General] thelonetwin:
I guess i was one of the lucky folks that was able to get a free captivate from lets talk.com.... told my brother about it and he went to get one and they had upped the price to $99. It should be shipping today and arriving tomorrow. can't wait to get my hands on it and start playing with android :)
[Captivate General] designgears:
reported for spam
[Captivate General] systoxity:
lol nice luck. ur gonna like this phone
[Captivate General] Main Target:
Damn that sucks, I was going to order it for the free price, i didnt see that it went up to 99 bucks.

Still cheaper than everywhere else I guess.
[Captivate General] XERO_Racer:
how dare you report my post as SPAM?!?! :mad:

i was just showing a link to a post that IVE SEEN mentioning about what i was talking about

people just dont understand...

anyways, i called LetsTalk they said it was a system error, and people who got it are lucky but disadvantage is, you CANNOT keep your Unlimited Data plan you have to move to either the 200mb plan or 2gb plan which i think is BS
[Captivate General] labbu63:
you got it to so did i but it takes a day or day n half for carrier approval then another day for device to get picked up by fedex or ups and then it comes the next day im getting mine on the 22nd
[Captivate General] csticky:
yup, got my free one too! saweet....arrives tomorrow.
[Captivate General] kotoko:
Lol you actually downgraded to get the captivate for free? So bad..
[Captivate General] animalstyle:
mine was shipped today, i can't wait!!!!
[Captivate General] thelonetwin:
Mine is arriving sometime today. can't wait to go home from work and root it.

and as for downgrading (unlimited to 2gb)... not really. 90% of the time i have wi-fi and when i checked my data usage for the past 6 months it totaled ~15mb and averaged about 2 - 2.5mb a month and i do a lot of browsing and movie watching on my phone. so, i was thinking of downgrading to a cheaper plan anyway :)
[Captivate General] lateralus1082:
That's horrible. I wouldn't have done that :confused: I've usually averaged between 4-5 GB a month with my old iPhone
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KurskS:
Hi everyone, is it possible to play 720p (1280×720) movie on X10 smoothly? If so then which program did you guys use to convert and which encode did you use? Because I did try both .mkv and MP4 H.264 encoded and it seems to be lag or super slo-mo alike. Really appreciate with any help from you.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_ahmadzais:
Ya u could download the apk file called rockplayer.apk and install it and throw any file in your memory card and this app will play it smoothly
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KurskS:
I did use Rockplayer to play but the result was somewhat unsatisfied. I got lag and slow motion video play:(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris_knows:
You could try yxplayer, but that's probably going to do the same thing...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KurskS:
So noone suffers the same prob as me? Everyone can play HD video smoothly. Can I ask which codec did you use? I used MP4 H.264 one
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maedhros:
I have the same prob.

Lag on rock player playing 720.

Just like lag in phone overall :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ClintonH:
Can I ask why you need HD playback on a none HD display? You would not see any difference from a 720p file to a 854X480 file regardless.

The Ironman file I encoded to the proper size plays perfect and I cannot tell the difference from source (720p). Encoded MP4 H.264 with Videora.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris_knows:
I just tried, and in mp4 format, it lags significantly (like it plays between 7-19 fps), but I converted the same file to DivX, picture and sound quality looked exactly the same and it plays perfectly fine at full frame rate.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berbecverde:
Well, probably the 2.1 update will bring something to play HD video, since the X10 will be able to record HD video. At lest it is logical.but who knows, maybe we ll record on our X10 the video and watch it on a hd tv.:D i hope i am wrong.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citsym:
Yeah. Hopefully you are wrong. That would be stupidity redefined.

Coming back to the playback issue. It's the same thing here. I got the best performance with rock player, which managed to play a couple of hd files.but mostly even rock player is too laggy.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KurskS:
Thank you very much guys, at least now I know I'm not the only one who suffer:D. Maybe I will try different codec like DivX for example
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majik12:
My thoughts exactly. Unless we're able to output and watch these files on our HDTV's, whats the point of needing to watch a 720p file on a 854x480 screen that isn't HD? Makes no sense to me...but to each their own. :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tjotte:
I recall reading the update info on SE blogs that we will apart from HDrecording also get wireless video out, i'm guessing we'll need to buy some reciever for our tv's for it to work.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tralerprktrash:
I recorded a 720p movie using my sony camera and it plays fine on my x10 using double twist
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edude03:
Personally I want to be able to play 720p video on my phone because that's what format the majority of my video is and I'd like to be able to play it without transcoding

That said, If I remember correctly the snapdragon has a hardware video decoder capable of playing 1080p @ 30 fps so it is probably a 1.6 related issue.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 17mayis:
hi mate i just got the phone today its amazing for i have a question whats XDA App that u use for transfer the file i guese??
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cinner:
My guess is that these video players do not have access to the GPU for hardware acceleration, which would mean the CPU would have to do all the hard work (don't forget, playing HD video IS hard work for any mobile device). Whether that would be an Android 1.6 restriction, I don't know.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddanat:
anybody looked at the bitrates of these videos?

a bitrate of 8,000 in comparison to a bitrate of let's say 1,000 would make a bit difference... am I wrong?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] applebook:
Also, if you are using the stock CLASS 2 memory card, then playing high bit-rate files will be problematic.

I know that you guys don't want to transcode, but 720p really kills battery.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roanmy:
I haven't tried on my new 16GB class 2 card, but with the 8GB that came with the phone I got smooth playback with 720HD with these settings:

MP4:

ffmpeg

1500kbps for video

48channels or whatever it is

160kbps sound

1280x720 pixels

=)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris_knows:
Considering that the phone's screen is slightly above 480p, why do most people need such high resolution?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuxStyle:
Probably they already have movies in 720p and they don't want to waste time re-encoding them :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KurskS:
Exactly :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alankstiyo:
i tried some 1080p vids and didn't work xD

started good and then just got stucked
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rasoooli:
Sorry to bring up an old post.....but

Sorry to bring up an old post..... :o

But I have this problem too and Need Play 720P Video In X10 Without converting

what Can I do about it
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ether_Man:
Nothing.

The X10 can play quite high quality encodes. Even 1080p actually and very smoothly so. BUT that requires the use of the X10s hardware decoder, which supports only a limited number of formats and codecs. If your file is encoded in these formats, the native video app will play it just fine. Most players make use of the hardware decoder so. If your file is NOT in those formats however, it will not play smoothly, regardless of what you do or app you have. Your only option is to reencode it into a supported format or you're gonna have to live with the poor framerate. Those are your only alternatives really. The X10 hardware simply isnt enough to decode 720p+ in software alone.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lion3494:
Hey try mobo player

Sent from my x10 on gingerbread
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andddy:
as far as im aware no one can play mkv 720 super smoothly not got anything to do with the x10 its more theres no decent video players for android that uses hardware accelarator,my brother has the same problem on the desire hd, will probably come one day but at the minute i guess ur answers no,whilst rockyplayer works kinda the audio sync is always out
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rtblittlebrown:
+100
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kris o poranq:
For me Mobo Player stop workin well from TW 007, Best Vplayer Pro fix my problem.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRuan:
SD card slow maybe?!

If when you transfer files from OR to the sd card you get speeds like 2MB/s to 3MB/s, than the problem is on the SD card that is a very slow one.

That would perfectly explain why in xvid/divx you can get faster FPS, much more compact video, so less transfer needed.

720p works smoothly on x10 both on vplayer and rockplayer(unless you set to hardware acceleration, that doesn't seem to work so far, damm it)

Try copying the file to inside the phone and check it out, if it gets even a bit faster, than that is the reason.

To get a good/very good FPS you need a card at least 4MB/s to 6MB/s
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zidane10196:
i had this problem too and now im using diceplayer and MX videoplayer to see 720p mkv files on my x10i
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] stefano_na:
someone can post this csc of galaxy s please? thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] stefano_na:
No one??? Please
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Tyxerakias:
It hasn't been released yet.
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
t-mobile insurance worth it?
[Vibrant General] Blueman101:
well, insurance on your phone is important, whether its Tmobile's insurance or your personal insurance, you should still insure it.
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
if i brick the phone will it be covered by their insurance?
[Vibrant General] Blueman101:
depends on how you brick it, water damaged brick is normally covered, a software brick via modding is a toss up.
[Vibrant General] kraftey:
I was told that rooting nullifies the insurance by the rep when I was buying the phone. I don't know how accurate that is, it's just what I heard.
[Vibrant General] rsfaze:
couple of things to think about..

tmobile uses insurion like the rest of the cell carriers do, at least all of them in the US.

Tmobile charges the highest deductible out of all carriers to get a replacement...

so can you replace your phone cheaper then the deductible? If you saved the $ per month depending on when your phone broke, got lost.. then yes its not worth it.
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
how much is the deductible?
[Vibrant General] N8QDogg:
Root the phone, water damage, not covered nor is physical damage. Software issues or lost/stolen they will cover it.
[Vibrant General] N8QDogg:
For most smartphone the deductible its $50_100
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
having lost (one stolen) 2 phones in 3 - 3.5 years, to me it's worth it
[Vibrant General] AndroidZ28:
The deductible is $130. You save $370 off of replacement cost.

Asurion insurance covers absolutely anything that could happen to the phone, including bricking it. That's why it is insurance and not a warranty.
[Vibrant General] dwente:
I was told I would pay $90. I don't think any warranty or insurance is worth paying.

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant General] dabezt1:
The deductible is $90 which is good compared to other phones. They do cover lost/stolen/water damage. Not sure about a bricking by moding, but worse case is you throw it in water and claim it as water damage
[Vibrant General] turbosix:
no, its not. it is $130 like previously posted.
[Vibrant General] AndroidZ28:
If you were told $90, you were told wrong. The deductible is $130.

Rooting voids warranty, insurance covers things that are above and beyond warranty. Ergo rooting and bricking is covered, though if bricking your phone is a risk, you probably should just avoid it until you know what you are doing,
[Vibrant General] dwente:
A little of subject, I was also told they were packaging a car charger and headset with my purchase, but I had to pick it up when the shipment came in, but I could purchase the phone then come back.when I came back they claimed I had to purchase the crap... I did get there crappy app book for free ($20 value).

$130 sucks, I already didn't like it at $90...

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant General] turbosix:
is everyone slow?

if you root your phone and brick it, why would you own up to it? if you're paying for the warranty, run that ***** over with your car or drop it in your pool.... get your new phone for $130 and be more careful next time.
[Vibrant General] gagan512:
i was told my deductible on this is $70
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
is $5 more a month right? to get the insurance?
[Vibrant General] dwente:
$5 or $5.99

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant General] AndroidZ28:
What's the point of running over it? Insurance covers everything they don't care how you broke/lost your phone. You give them $130 they give you phone. It's that simple.
[Vibrant General] rsfaze:
I speak from experience do NOT tell them your phone was rooted or that it just stopped working.

They WILL replace it if its Stolen or water damaged. I went round and round with T-Mobile, just remember there is a water sticker on the phone, so if your going to claim it on insurance make sure it really gets wet :rolleyes:
[Vibrant General] dwente:
Also, my store said they would give me a loaner phone with a new sim for the duration they take to get me my new phone. I believe they said the turn around time would be 1-3 days.

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant General] AndroidZ28:
Well that's retarded: there's not a $70 deductible option...

Crap phones=$25

feature phones=$40

almost smart phones =$90

smart phones =$130
[Vibrant General] AndroidZ28:
The insurance includes free overnight shipping.

Certain stores offer the loaner program and only certain accounts qualify.
[Vibrant General] dwente:
Thanks for the break down. The sales associates I dealt with didn't seem to know anything about phones, their job, etc...

At least I have an idea were the $90 deductible they told may may have come from.

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant General] AndroidZ28:
I speak from experience too, insurance covers ANYTHING that can happen to a phone! You can tell them that you were sleeping with Megan Fox in Bumblebee when Optimus Prime caught you and stole your phone. As long as you pay the deductible you are good.

Why did you go "round and round with T-Mobile" they don't handle insurance, claims are filed through Asurion. If you went round and round with an Asurion rep then you just got a bad one.
[Vibrant General] Gr8gorilla:
I have had an Insurion claim once while on metro pcs. My dog ate my 400$ metro blackberry right before I was going to sell it on ebay after getting my nexus one. You can make the claim online. They ship the phone overnight to you. I made the claim around 9 or 10 pm and the phone shipped out the next day and I got it the following day.

For the insurance on T-Mobile it costs a little less than $5 I think its around $7 for the extended warranty. The deductible is $130 for a phone like the nexus or vibrant. So basically, over the 2 year life of your contract you will pay $120 @ $5 per month. With a deductible of $130 that is $250 to replace a $500 phone. Not a bad deal. You will be thankful when you drop your phone in the toilet, or it gets stolen or any other manner of things that you can do that may destroy your phones.
[Vibrant General] rsfaze:
When I first called in and told T-Mobile my phone had stopped working. I'm under the impression you have to do this to start the claim process.

Once I told them it just stopped working which it really did.Day at work it froze I pulled the battery and NOTHING from that point on.

I called back after them telling me the insurance only would cover it IF it was water damaged.

Don't ask me WHY they told me this was the policy but thats what I had to do. In the end I bought one off craiglist because it was cheaper then paying the $130 for a g1 :)
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
The $5.99 insurance/warranty is worth it for the first year or so. The only downside to dropping it might be the loss of the extended warranty. Not sure if you can have that added as a standalone when you want to drop the insurance.

The insurance/warranty covers the phones used on that line so it's useful to have if you change up often or lose/break/drop your phones enough. I keep it because it's nice to have. I only have it on one line at the most.
[Vibrant General] speoples20:
Sounds like there is some confusion going on here. I work for T-mobile so I will clear things up. Premium Handset Protection which is insurance and warranty combined is $5.99. From what I've been seeing as far as the deductible is $90. Now this could be a mistake and changed in the future but at this point its only $90 to get the phone replaced. (which is actually cheaper than every other smart phone we carry) Insurance covers almost everything, doesn't cover intentional damage like throwing it.

As far as bricking your phone is concerned I would say if it doesn't boot up then I would do a warranty exchange. I've had a few fellow rooters brick their phones and come to my store. I did a warranty exchange and they were never charged. Now this is not a 100% guarantee though.
[Vibrant General] lqaddict:
I have just added the insurance to my new Vibrant - $5.99/mo with $130.00 deductible, covers everything including acts of God...
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Yeah the 5.99 PHP covers everything. The Extended Warranty only covers defects (not damage) and the Insurance covers everything else including intentional damage.
[Vibrant General] SanFrancisco:
The confusion on the deductibles is because there's levels of protection with Asurion, Plans A - D, with A being the lowest and D the highest.

Each plan has its own coverage limits and deductible.

Plan D covers up to $1000 and has a $130 deductible.

Plan C is up to $350 with a $90 deductible.

Plan B is up to $250, $49 deductible.

Plan A is $150 with a $25 deductible.

Asurion sells insurance only; extended warranty only; or a bundle, the Premium Handset Protection, which is both insurance and extended warranty.
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
once you use it can you keep paying and keep the insurance on the replacement phone?
[Vibrant General] Shagman68:
If you brick or water damage your phone, sell it for parts and just report it lost or stolen to get yer new phone. It Still costs you the $135 deductible to replace it.
[Vibrant General] juggs:
When I bought my HD2 at the MOA Tmobile store, I was told the deductible was $100.
[Vibrant General] AndroidZ28:
Well first we aren't talking about the hd2. Second it is $130.